Jonathan, thanks so much the coverage on the Colorado River. I’ve been mulling over some related sidebars I haven’t seen much coverage on … including what’s going to happen when farmers in the lower basin have to fallow thousands of acres of dry fields as their water gets cut back more and more. Anyone remember what caused the “worst hard times” in the Kansas, Oklahoma, eastern Colorado and the Texas panhandle plains?
Also, as I understand it, the electricity that the dams produce is used to power the water-delivery systems themselves, not to provide electricity for cities, etc. Without it, the water cannot be moved across the dry lower basin states to thirsty cities and farms. Recent coverage appears not to make this interesting distinction.
Finally, there’s been little background reported in the media on how the two reservoirs provide different purposes in the system. Powell is a storage facility for the Upper Basin states, and Mead is the same for the Lower Basin states. I’d love to learn more on how that distinction comes to bear in terms of the bargaining game between the states.
Stopping at the Maybell Store I was told by one of the locals that The Farmer's Almanac say's we're in a 6 year trend for heavier winters. I guess I need to resubscribe to TFA - used to pick it up at the Feed Store and keep it on the dash of my truck. And, the Spring landscape is amazing around here, Arrowleaf Balsamroot (?) everywhere which I've never seen like this before. My neighbor a Conservation Biologist say's there is a tiered system when the range is repairing itself; yellow flowers are predominant, then blues & purples and reds, although the indian paintbrush is coming on now, too.
Jonathan, thanks so much the coverage on the Colorado River. I’ve been mulling over some related sidebars I haven’t seen much coverage on … including what’s going to happen when farmers in the lower basin have to fallow thousands of acres of dry fields as their water gets cut back more and more. Anyone remember what caused the “worst hard times” in the Kansas, Oklahoma, eastern Colorado and the Texas panhandle plains?
Also, as I understand it, the electricity that the dams produce is used to power the water-delivery systems themselves, not to provide electricity for cities, etc. Without it, the water cannot be moved across the dry lower basin states to thirsty cities and farms. Recent coverage appears not to make this interesting distinction.
Finally, there’s been little background reported in the media on how the two reservoirs provide different purposes in the system. Powell is a storage facility for the Upper Basin states, and Mead is the same for the Lower Basin states. I’d love to learn more on how that distinction comes to bear in terms of the bargaining game between the states.
I very much appreciate all your articles! Thanks.
Stopping at the Maybell Store I was told by one of the locals that The Farmer's Almanac say's we're in a 6 year trend for heavier winters. I guess I need to resubscribe to TFA - used to pick it up at the Feed Store and keep it on the dash of my truck. And, the Spring landscape is amazing around here, Arrowleaf Balsamroot (?) everywhere which I've never seen like this before. My neighbor a Conservation Biologist say's there is a tiered system when the range is repairing itself; yellow flowers are predominant, then blues & purples and reds, although the indian paintbrush is coming on now, too.